Milk production, dairy cattle · California

Frank Gwerder Dairy Inc

Modesto, CA · ~22 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Frank Gwerder Dairy Inc runs at 269% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Milk production, dairy cattle workplace, earning a grade F.

Frank Gwerder Dairy Inc: 12.1 TCR = 269% of Milk production, dairy cattle BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Frank Gwerder Dairy Inc safety composite

Frank Gwerder Dairy Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

D

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

Rising injury rate

Frank Gwerder Dairy Inc: 0.0 → 5.8 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 24.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.24× in 2024

Frank Gwerder Dairy Inc's TCR rose 5.8 from 0.0 in 2019 to 5.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 24.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112120 · Modesto, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.1 · 269% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #160/205
  • PHOTO Descanso Dairy LLC
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Descanso Dairy LLC (0.1 TCR gap)

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Frank Gwerder Dairy Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Frank Gwerder Dairy Inc averages 12.1 TCR (269% of the Milk production, dairy cattle BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Frank Gwerder Dairy Inc TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=24.9 · 2021=12.6 · 2022=20.7 · 2023=8.7 · 2024=5.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Frank Gwerder Dairy Inc falls in its industry

530 Milk production, dairy cattle establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #160 safest of 205 Milk production, dairy cattle employers in California.

Frank Gwerder Dairy Inc (22 employees, TCR 12.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.0 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Frank Gwerder Dairy Inc
Frank Gwerder Dairy Inc (22 employees, TCR 12.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.0

Frank Gwerder Dairy Inc has fewer employees than the Milk production, dairy cattle median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 5.8 2.9 2 0 0
2023 8.7 8.7 3 0 0
2022 20.7 20.7 7 0 0
2021 12.6 12.6 4 0 0
2020 24.9 24.9 7 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112120 · CA · Modesto

530 Milk production, dairy cattle employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 418 employers in Modesto, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Descanso Dairy LLC 12.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dairy Fountain 12.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hilmar Jerseys LLC 11.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Miersma Main Dairy 11.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE LaGrande Farms 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Del Carlo Farms, Inc. 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Linda Vista Farms 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE MOUNTAIN VIEW FARM SHOP 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sutter Valley Hospitals (30240) 3,153 FTE
CITY-NEAR Modesto Operations 3,043 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4701-930 3,018 FTE
CITY-NEAR 930 DOCTORS MEDICAL CENTER OF MODESTO 2,759 FTE
NAT-TCR 2753 - Staten Island CNTL 12.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Regency Village at Bend Assisted Living 12.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Johnstown Med-Van Transport Office 12.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Forest Parkway 12.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Prudential Tower 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pfizer-Groton 200 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lincoln Public Schools 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Newport 22 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.